I guess the next time someone posts cards ahead of time, let's give them a bit more credit than shouting "Fake!"
I, for one, am glad that the OP was right. I hope he/she wears a large smug smile. And yes, they told us so.
Funny how in the MaRo article, they found the perfect reason to include Wrath of God by turning the Judeo/Christian God into the Theros Gods, sidestepping the non-modern religion relations that were frowned upon in the past. But then why do the "angels" have wings & "demons" have horns? Well, that's for another thread, not this one.
Armageddon is all but unplayed in Legacy and frowned on in EDH, the only foil is a judge promo at $70. FtV should be maybe half of this at $30. Terminus is already available in foil for $25 and played in a few formats. This should be closer to a third at $8. Cataclysm shows up in EDH and as never been released in foil, probably settle at half again the original nonfoil at $12. Upheaval gets you hated in EDH and isn't playable anywhere else. The original foil is only $17 so this should be maybe a third or less than that at $5.
That's as individual cards. Considering the likely value of the box and the more playable cards (Rolling Earhquake, Smokestack, Virtue's Ruin) I could see knocking off as much as another 20%
Upheaval is banned in EDH. So, it is a waste of a printing, like a lot of this FTV.
If you read Gavin Verhey's article on FTV 20, you would know that FTV caters to all audiences, not just EDH. He said it's mainly for cube, and Upheaval is very powerful.
Upheaval is banned in EDH. So, it is a waste of a printing, like a lot of this FTV.
Gavin says in the article that they've been trying to get Upheaval into a FtV for a while, and that it probably would have been in last year's if they didn't plan as far ahead as they do. Based on Gavin's statements, they're trying to cater first and foremost to cube players (although he may be slightly biased as somewhat of a cube guru himself), and EDH players are probably second. That said I agree that this FtV is exceptionally disappointing. Especially as the follow up to FtV: Twenty which was a personal favorite of mine.
I guess the next time someone posts cards ahead of time, let's give them a bit more credit than shouting "Fake!"
I, for one, am glad that the OP was right. I hope he/she wears a large smug smile. And yes, they told us so.
Funny how in the MaRo article, they found the perfect reason to include Wrath of God by turning the Judeo/Christian God into the Theros Gods, sidestepping the non-modern religion relations that were frowned upon in the past. But then why do the "angels" have wings & "demons" have horns? Well, that's for another thread, not this one.
Gavin says in the article that they've been trying to get Upheaval into a FtV for a while, and that it probably would have been in last year's if they didn't plan as far ahead as they do. Based on Gavin's statements, they're trying to cater first and foremost to cube players (although he may be slightly biased as somewhat of a cube guru himself), and EDH players are probably second. That said I agree that this FtV is exceptionally disappointing. Especially as the follow up to FtV: Twenty which was a personal favorite of mine.